[MacRuby] #1299: String#split(nil) on big string leaks memory

23 May 2011

      #1299: String#split(nil) on big string leaks memory
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 Reporter:  lsansonetti@…          |       Owner:  lsansonetti@…        
     Type:  defect                 |      Status:  new                  
 Priority:  blocker                |   Milestone:                       
Component:  MacRuby                |    Keywords:                       
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 ... because rb_str_get_uchars_always() allocates the buf->chars buffer
 using malloc() but we never free() it.

 Switching to xmalloc() fixes the problem.

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Ticket URL: <http://www.macruby.org/trac/ticket/1299>
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